阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑. “Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 36 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 37 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 38 of someone who acts important and proud. Down-to-earth persons 39 be important members of society, of course. 40 they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 41 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 42 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 43 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth. Americans 44 another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 45 of reality. He 46 what is called “common sense”. He may have 47 , but he does not allow them to 48 his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of 49 is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 50 is not in the real world. 51 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. 52 words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 53 to have both feet on-the –ground. 54 we have both our feet on-the –ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 55 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong. 36. A.pleasant B.sad C.common D.surprising 37. A.meets B.welcomes C.receives D.accepts 38. A.case B.kind C.opposite D.example 39. A.must B.may C.should D.will 40. A.But B.So C.For D.And 41. A.wish B.expect C.desire D.consider 42. A.said B.told C.asked D.made 43. A.some B.a C.no D.every 44. A.discover B.find C.make D.use 45.A.understanding B.wish C.reason D.expectation 46. A.demands B.lacks C.has D.likes 47. A.fortunes B.dreams C.achievements D.disadvantages 48. A.block B.protect C.own D.gain 49. A.idea B.people C.attitude D.person 50. A.mind B.life C.body D.head 51. A.Always B.Therefore C.However D.Sometimes 52. A.Sharp B.All C.No D.Bad 53. A.possible B.probable C.likely D.able 54. A.Though B.Since C.When D.Unless 55.A.toward B.for C.over D.onto |